crafty

ずる賢い、狡猾な

欲しいものを手に入れるために人をだますのがうまい。

やさしい英語で： Good at tricking people to get what you want.

• He is a crafty salesman.
• The crafty fox escaped the trap.
• She exposed his crafty plan to cheat the customers.

類義語： cunning, sly, wily, devious

反対語： honest, guileless

よく使う表現： crafty fox, crafty salesman, crafty plan

巧みな、抜け目のない

目的を達成する知恵や技術があり、時には人を出し抜く。

やさしい英語で： Clever and skilled at achieving something, often by finding a way to trick others.

• That was a crafty move.
• The crafty player found a way around our defence.
• She used a crafty solution to win the contest.

類義語： clever, ingenious, cunning

反対語： unskilled

よく使う表現： crafty player, crafty move, crafty solution

こっそりした、ひそかな

他人に気づかれないようにこっそり行われる。

やさしい英語で： Done secretly so that other people will not notice.

• She took a crafty peek at my cards.
• He had a crafty look through the window.
• I made a crafty visit to the kitchen for more cake.

類義語： sneaky, furtive, surreptitious

反対語： open

よく使う表現： crafty look, crafty peek, crafty glance